More nuclear waste depositories are needed in Krasnoyarsk

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More nuclear waste depositories are needed in Krasnoyarsk
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The authorities have approved the construction of a new nuclear waste depository near the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, the third largest city in Siberia.




A new nuclear waste depository is to be located at the uranium enrichment enterprise “Electrochemical Plant” Joint Stock Company, in Zelenogorsk. Zelenogorsk is a closed town in the Krasnoyarsk region. In the past, it was involved in enriching uranium for the Soviet nuclear program.

The present-day project envisages a waste depository storage facility, divided into sections for the subsurface storage of radioactive wastes which are insoluble in water, non-flammable and chemically inactive after 30 years. After that, the waste will be transferred to another place.

The existing storage facility is 80% full.



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